An animal's corpse disrupts a humdrum workday in this early story by Eleanor Catton, the winner of this year's Man Booker Prize.

Asphyxiation, heavy machinery accidents and heat stroke–the dangers of America’s temporary workforce.

Searching for Puddles the Clown, whose cover of Lorde’s “Royals” made him an Internet star.

A profile of Steve Carell, whose last appearance as Michael Scott in The Office airs tonight.

On the difficulties of holding Oakland’s thin blue line accountable.

What it’s like to be a first responder amid the rise of synthetic marijuana.

The story of a sudden death amid a high school recruiting scandal in Texas.

The possibilities and limits of investigative reporting.

Everything that happened before former NBA star Lamar Odom suffered multiple strokes on the floor of a Pahrump brothel.

The ongoing question of forgiveness in Charleston, where Dylann Roof opened fire in a church on June 17th.

An unexplainable murder, double jeopardy, and military courts: the strange case of Tim Hennis.

A college president on the bizarre experience of being informed by NBC News that he had hired a war criminal to teach French.

Brian Hickey, a journalist who was induced into a coma after being left for dead following a hit and run accident, reports the story of his recovery.

Tackling the science of cooking, one perfect french fry at a time.

The fall of a famous anchor.

A 4-year-old girl was the sole survivor of a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan. Then she disappeared.

The Pentagon’s failed campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan left a generation of soldiers with little to fight for but one another.

“It takes this huge amount of will and energy for anything to happen to you.”

A group of Latina women across the country have been working in secret, turning their homes into shelters for abused immigrant women.

When colleges shut down, people get hurt.

Decades of greed, neglect, corruption, and bad politics led to last year’s Paradise fire, the worst in California history.

The fading beauty of Japan’s traditional cafes and their signature snack.

The discovery of a legendary, lost shipwreck in North America has pitted treasure hunters and archaeologists against each other, raising questions about who should control sunken riches.

A portrait of a modern family undone by the political zeitgeist.